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• Do New Mortgage Rules Make Borrowers Safer?

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Realty Trac 

  You could hardly miss the headlines this week: More than 1,000 news outlets covered new rules from the Federal Reserve designed to "protect" America's mortgage borrowers.

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  Related Topix: Home, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Local Headlines

• Home sales jumped in May

  Jun 11, 2008 | via Ann Arbor News 

  Allegan County saw nearly 7 inches of rain fall Saturday and Sunday, and was left so awash in pathogens that the county health department is advising people to avoid contact with suspect beaches and any surface ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Allegan County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Weather

• County housing market reflects poor economy

  Feb 21, 2008 | via Allegan County News 

  The Allegan County Clerk/Register of Deeds' annual report shows some positive, but weak trends for the county's economy.

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  Related Topix: Allegan County, MI, Otsego, MI, Foreclosures

• Douglas, township crack down on signs

  Jan 24, 2008 | via The Commercial Record 

  Signs carry with them a built-in paradox. "Come buy things in beautiful Saugatuck-Douglas," they say in increasing numbers - until much of the beauty they tout has been covered up.

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  Related Topix: Saugatuck, MI, Douglas, MI, Real Estate

• Macatawa Bank Corporation Reports 2007 Annual and 4th Quarter Results

  Jan 14, 2008 | via PrimeNewswire 

  Macatawa Bank Corporation today announced its results for the fourth quarter of 2007 and for the full year.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Local news year in review: People take actions to support their causes

  Dec 31, 2007 | via Kalamazoo Gazette Extra - MLive.com 

  Posted by Kalamazoo Gazette staff December 31, 2007 09:47AM Top ten local news stories of 2007 1. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety turmoil and turnover.

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  Related Topix: Apiculture, Science, Foreclosures, Kalamazoo County, MI

Regional Headlines

• For the economy, finally some news not half bad

  49 min ago | via Log Cabin Democrat 

  For the economy, finally some news not half bad By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON After weeks of one negative report after another, the economy finally got some news Friday that wasn't half ...

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  Related Topix: Michigan, Housing, Foreclosures

• Detroit Community Comes Out to Support Rubie Curl-Pinkins in Foreclosure Struggle

  20 hrs ago | via Pan-African News Wire 

  Michigan foeclosures: Moratorium struggle builds, activists plan to stop eviction By Kris Hamel Detroit Published Jul 24, 2008 11:55 PM Organizers with the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures and ...

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  Related Topix: Wayne County, MI, Michigan, Detroit Metro, Oakland County, MI, Home, Mortgage

• County's No. 1, No. 2 real estate firms to make state's biggest real estate office

  21 hrs ago | via Ann Arbor News 

  Friday, July 25, 2008 BY LISA CAROLIN The two largest real estate companies in Livingston County are merging and will become what principals are describing as the largest single real estate office in Michigan.

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  Related Topix: Livingston County, MI, Real Estate, Michigan, Hamburg, MI, Hartland, MI, Fenton, MI

• New home sales drop fall less than expected

  23 hrs ago | via San Francisco Examiner 

  Jul 25, 2008 10:16 AM By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP A public auction sign is seen in front of a farmhouse Tuesday, July 22, 2008, in Buckingham, Pa.

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  Related Topix: Michigan, Housing, Foreclosures

• Wall St. futures higher, durable goods data eyed

  Yesterday | via MSN Money 

  Futures for the Nasdaq were up 0.4 percent at 4:17 a.m. EDT on Friday while the the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P were both up 0.1 percent.

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  Related Topix: Michigan, Black and Decker, Appliances, Household Products, Housing, Legg Mason, Financial Services, Investment Services, Coventry Health Care

National Headlines

• Senate Passes Housing Rescue Bill, Bush to Sign

  3 min ago | via WCOH-AM Newnan 

  The Congress approved a massive housing market rescue bill on Saturday, offering emergency financing to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, creating a new regulator for the mortgage titans and setting up a $300 billion ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, George Bush

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  5 min ago | via Kndu.com 

  The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at helping thousands of struggling homeowners fight off foreclosure.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Yakima, WA

• Alexander Backs Housing Bill, Which Passes 72-13

  5 min ago | via Chattanoogan.com 

  He said the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 includes the following provisions: Provides a refundable tax credit of up to $7,500 for first-time homebuyers, and a standard property tax deduction for taxpayers ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• Mike's Blog Roundup

  6 min ago | via Crooks and Liars 

  Years of proxy wars with the USSR created demons that US arrogance thought could never turn and rend it.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Des Moines, IA, Des Moines Metro

• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  7 min ago | via Alabama Live 

  The 72-13 roll call Saturday by which the Senate passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from failing.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Alabama